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Parkdale tenants demand no COVID evictions from MetCap and Golden Equity

Posted on: June 5, 2020 /

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QUEEN’S PARK RALLY JUNE 9 at 2PM SHARP! This morning Parkdale tenants at 1475 King made the trip to Scarborough to deliver their demands to landlord Golden Equity. Tenants at 1475 King have been on rent strike since April 1 demanding Golden Equity negotiate with their committee regarding conditions at the building. Roger Steele of

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June 9 Queen’s Park Rally: No COVID Evictions. Not now, Not ever

Posted on: June 2, 2020 /

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On Tuesday, June 9 at 2:00 PM sharp, tenants from across the GTA will come together at Queen’s Park to demand that there be no evictions for unpaid rent during the COVID-19 crisis. Not now. Not ever. Join us at Queen’s Park and send a message to the government, landlords and our fellow tenants: we

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RANEE LANDLORD BEN FRIEDMAN INVOLVED IN 100+ LONG-TERM CARE DEATHS!

Posted on: May 30, 2020 /

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We re-publish this report from People’s Defence Toronto. While organizing over the past two months, we have been horrified by news of mass COVID-19 outbreaks at long-term care homes. Recently, we found out that some of the worst hit homes are owned by the same person sending eviction notices and rent increases to hundreds of

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Stop the Eviction Bill

Posted on: May 26, 2020 /

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Emergency Action: Text Doug Ford now at 416-805-2156 or email him at doug.fordco@pc.ola.org to ask why he is making it easier for landlords to evict tenants in the midst of a global pandemic that has made paying rent impossible for tens of thousands of tenants across Ontario. Ford Goes Behind Tenants’ Backs To Weaken Tenant

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Tenants from across the GTA Descend on Landlords’ Mansions

Posted on: May 13, 2020 /

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Today tenants from Scarborough, Mississauga, and Parkdale visited the homes of their landlords as the (virtual) annual general meeting of the Federation of Rental-housing Providers of Ontario (FRPO) was being held. No longer willing to endure landlords’ threats of evictions and demands of rent repayment, tenants took every safety precaution to collectively voice their demands

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What do I do if my Landlord…

Posted on: April 22, 2020 /

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DOWNLOAD THE FACT SHEET CONTACT KEEP YOUR RENT 1. Gives you an N4 Don’t move out. The notice is a threat but it is only the first step of the eviction process. Threats of eviction against tenants are unacceptable, especially during a global pandemic. You’re not alone. Contact your neighbours and Keep Your Rent to

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No Demands for Rent. No Threats of Eviction!

Posted on: April 13, 2020 /

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Tenants are stronger when we organize and refuse individual deals with the landlord. Thousands of tenants who have not paid rent this month were contacted by their landlords. Some landlords have issued eviction notices, many others have attempted to pressure tenants into agreeing to repay rent. These landlords have the same goal in mind: keep

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CERB: Relief for tenants or bail out for landlords?

Posted on: April 8, 2020 /

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The CERB going out under conditions in which rent payment is due just means relief for landlords and crumbs for tenants. There is no avoiding or ignoring the double-crisis tenants will face every month that the COVID-19 crisis goes on while rent is expected. The setup here is that individual tenants are being required to

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Didn’t Pay Your Rent? What Comes Next?

Posted on: April 2, 2020 /

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Lost jobs. Hours cut. Bills to pay. Families to feed. CONNECT WITH YOUR NEIGHBOURS! DOWNLOAD THE POSTER DOWNLOAD THE FACT SHEET keepyourrent.com torontokeepyourrent@gmail.com 647-874-8793 There is a reason Divide and Conquer is a phrase everyone knows. It’s a strategy used against people every time we come together in support of one another. We can’t allow

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KEEP YOUR RENT: ORGANZING MATERIALS

Posted on: March 20, 2020 /

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Keep Your Rent, Toronto! On April 1 we are keeping our rent. Some of us have run out of money or don’t have much left. Some of us are hoping things don’t get worse. Some of us may be ok right now, telling ourselves things will work out. But none of us knows for sure.

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